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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., the first openly gay member of Congress from New York, raised a healthy $500,000 in the first quarter of 2013, which could deter challengers in his first re-election bid next year, observers say. Maloney, who has a partner of 20 years and three children, entered Congress in January.

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Rice University researchers have found that openly LGBT job applicants in jurisdictions with LGBT nondiscrimination ordinances experience less discrimination. "Bottom line: Legal protection, less discrimination," said Mikki Hebl, a professor of psychology at Rice University.

Massachusetts state Rep. Dan Winslow, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, has asked the Federal Election Commission to determine whether same-sex couples can jointly give to federal candidates, rules that apply now to heterosexual married couples.

Prominent gay-rights advocate Paul Kasonkomona was arrested by police in the Zambian capital after appearing on television to demand the decriminalization of same-sex relations. He was charged with "inciting the public to take part in indecent activities," a police official said.

The so-called "Gang of 8" immigration bill, a compromise measure being negotiated by eight U.S. senators, will not address the immigration concerns of LGBT families, according to Immigration Equality Executive Director Rachel Tiven. Instead, Tiven says, she hopes that bill can be amended as it works its way through Congress, a point echoed by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. Nadler said he would fight "to ensure that LGBT-inclusive language remains in any House and Senate conference report."

Bill Keller reviews the available social science on children raised by gay and lesbian parents, finding "the research shows no significant disadvantage associated with being raised by lesbian mothers or gay fathers -- not in academic performance, not in psychological health, not in social or sexual development, not in violent behavior or substance abuse." A recent study touted by those who oppose gay parenting is flawed, he notes.